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2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations

Topic-based tabulation: Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375), First Official Language Spoken (4A), Age Groups (8B) and Sex (3) for the population excluding institutional residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2011 Census

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This table details selected demographic and language characteristics , first official language spoken , age groups and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in York
Selected Demographic and Language Characteristics (375) First official language spoken (4A)
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 1 English French English and French
Age groups - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,026,635 961,040 9,090 8,710
0 to 4 years 58,700 52,840 275 195
5 to 9 years 64,555 62,900 390 915
10 to 14 years 68,875 66,975 410 1,350
15 to 19 years 75,535 73,635 465 1,215
20 to 24 years 68,015 66,515 355 635
25 to 29 years 58,900 57,345 295 415
30 to 34 years 59,890 58,050 500 465
35 to 39 years 73,245 70,685 715 535
40 to 44 years 84,370 80,715 845 625
45 to 49 years 90,730 85,710 995 540
50 to 54 years 82,625 77,840 945 460
55 to 59 years 67,330 62,420 825 395
60 to 64 years 57,370 52,130 635 285
65 to 69 years 38,045 32,855 500 250
70 to 74 years 29,980 24,100 370 195
75 to 79 years 22,415 17,050 275 125
80 to 84 years 15,060 11,215 180 60
85 years and over 10,990 8,060 120 40
Median ageFootnote 2 39.1 38.1 46.5 25.5
Total population 15 years and over by marital statusFootnote 3 834,510 778,325 8,015 6,250
Married or living with a common-law partner 522,275 484,405 5,520 3,420
Married (and not separated) 490,335 453,745 4,910 3,295
Living common law 31,945 30,660 615 120
Not married and not living with a common-law partner 312,230 293,920 2,495 2,830
Single (never legally married) 225,525 220,010 1,365 2,450
Separated 17,595 16,365 255 75
Divorced 33,800 31,060 450 145
Widowed 35,315 26,485 430 160
Knowledge of official languages - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 4 1,026,635 961,035 9,090 8,710
English only 910,275 910,270 0 0
French only 605 0 610 0
English and French 67,255 50,090 8,460 8,705
Neither English nor French 48,500 675 25 0
Mother Tongue - Total population excluding institutional residents 1,026,635 961,040 9,090 8,710
Single responses 995,170 931,040 8,340 7,990
English 523,685 523,670 20 0
French 8,310 625 7,685 0
Non-official languages 463,170 406,745 635 7,990
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 5 30 25 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 15 10 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 15 15 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 6 461,135 404,945 630 7,955
African languages, n.i.e. 70 70 0 0
Afrikaans 195 185 0 5
Akan (Twi) 380 370 0 5
Albanian 1,255 1,135 5 20
Amharic 210 200 0 0
Arabic 9,615 8,510 105 520
Armenian 3,300 2,810 15 325
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 80 70 10 0
Bengali 1,220 1,180 0 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 385 380 0 0
Bosnian 150 145 0 5
Bulgarian 810 740 5 35
Burmese 140 125 0 0
Cantonese 69,980 56,305 15 745
Chinese, n.o.s. 50,000 40,595 20 500
Creoles 395 205 70 120
Croatian 1,300 1,265 0 15
Czech 500 495 0 5
Danish 315 315 0 0
Dutch 1,730 1,710 0 15
Estonian 425 415 0 10
Finnish 625 615 0 0
Flemish 40 35 0 5
Fukien 845 575 0 5
German 5,585 5,485 10 70
Greek 7,690 7,435 5 40
Gujarati 9,260 8,425 5 125
Hakka 1,490 1,260 5 15
Hebrew 5,785 5,565 5 110
Hindi 4,935 4,715 5 50
Hungarian 3,340 3,175 10 75
Ilocano 735 715 0 5
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 260 240 0 5
Italian 58,300 53,760 70 305
Japanese 1,120 1,020 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 1,180 1,025 5 25
Korean 11,595 10,170 10 205
Kurdish 540 480 0 10
Lao 865 770 0 20
Latvian 315 300 5 15
Lingala 5 0 0 0
Lithuanian 355 345 0 0
Macedonian 2,880 2,765 5 20
Malay 735 710 0 0
Malayalam 1,185 1,145 0 5
Maltese 400 400 0 0
Mandarin 25,395 19,925 15 305
Marathi 355 345 0 5
Nepali 90 85 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 295 275 10 5
Norwegian 65 60 0 0
Oromo 55 50 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 10,150 8,850 5 140
Pashto 465 410 0 15
Persian (Farsi) 27,840 24,960 35 820
Polish 4,885 4,640 10 85
Portuguese 7,380 6,790 10 100
Romanian 6,465 5,265 40 750
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 10 5
Russian 33,315 29,725 15 1,015
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 2,000 1,765 0 5
Serbian 1,715 1,570 5 60
Serbo-Croatian 165 160 0 5
Shanghainese 360 225 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 100 35 0 0
Sindhi 1,275 1,210 0 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 880 850 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 15 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 95 90 0 0
Slovak 480 465 0 5
Slovenian 490 490 0 5
Somali 370 325 5 15
Spanish 14,010 12,730 45 475
Swahili 305 275 0 5
Swedish 140 135 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino,Filipino) 12,910 12,740 0 20
Taiwanese 640 525 0 10
Tamil 20,295 18,295 5 275
Telugu 495 470 0 5
Thai 245 240 0 0
Tibetan languages 30 25 0 0
Tigrigna 115 115 0 0
Turkish 2,025 1,790 0 60
Ukrainian 1,810 1,675 0 25
Urdu 13,350 12,450 15 145
Vietnamese 6,295 5,335 10 105
Yiddish 1,220 1,200 5 0
Other languagesFootnote 7 2,010 1,775 5 40
Multiple responses 31,465 29,995 750 720
English and French 1,830 1,285 100 455
English and non-official language 27,775 27,760 15 0
French and non-official language 1,085 475 615 0
English, French and non-official language 770 475 25 265
Detailed language spoken most often at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 8 1,026,635 961,035 9,090 8,705
Single responses 955,565 892,005 8,230 7,535
English 678,515 673,590 4,920 0
French 3,150 245 2,905 0
Non-official languages 273,900 218,165 400 7,535
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 9 5 0 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 0 5 5 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 10 273,200 217,600 400 7,505
African languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Afrikaans 55 45 0 10
Akan (Twi) 160 160 0 0
Albanian 585 460 5 20
Amharic 75 70 0 0
Arabic 4,605 3,610 60 435
Armenian 1,835 1,370 10 310
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 10 10 0 0
Bengali 695 655 0 10
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 65 60 0 0
Bosnian 75 65 0 5
Bulgarian 430 360 0 30
Burmese 65 55 0 0
Cantonese 58,365 43,565 20 750
Chinese, n.o.s. 33,950 25,345 15 450
Creoles 190 40 30 115
Croatian 360 320 0 15
Czech 100 90 0 5
Danish 40 40 0 5
Dutch 115 100 0 15
Estonian 100 95 0 10
Finnish 165 160 0 0
Flemish 5 0 0 5
Fukien 220 120 0 5
German 710 630 5 60
Greek 2,345 2,095 0 40
Gujarati 4,980 4,165 5 115
Hakka 740 555 0 10
Hebrew 2,890 2,600 40 140
Hindi 2,385 2,150 5 45
Hungarian 1,110 970 0 60
Ilocano 240 230 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 130 115 0 5
Italian 18,510 14,035 50 280
Japanese 605 515 0 5
Khmer (Cambodian) 715 565 5 25
Korean 8,570 7,165 5 200
Kurdish 310 255 0 5
Lao 465 365 0 20
Latvian 70 50 0 15
Lingala 0 0 0 0
Lithuanian 130 125 0 0
Macedonian 1,095 980 0 20
Malay 235 215 0 0
Malayalam 575 530 0 5
Maltese 65 60 0 0
Mandarin 20,570 15,025 10 310
Marathi 100 95 0 0
Nepali 25 25 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 55 45 0 5
Norwegian 15 15 0 0
Oromo 30 30 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 6,250 5,000 5 130
Pashto 310 265 0 10
Persian (Farsi) 19,720 16,850 20 770
Polish 1,820 1,605 0 75
Portuguese 2,520 1,940 15 90
Romanian 3,585 2,425 25 715
Rundi (Kirundi) 0 0 0 5
Russian 23,480 19,830 20 995
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 0 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 1,270 1,065 0 5
Serbian 880 740 5 65
Serbo-Croatian 55 50 0 5
Shanghainese 135 75 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 155 75 0 0
Sindhi 430 375 0 20
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 380 350 0 5
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 20 10 0 5
Slovak 135 130 0 5
Slovenian 80 80 0 0
Somali 140 100 0 10
Spanish 7,475 6,220 25 450
Swahili 90 70 0 0
Swedish 20 15 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,710 4,540 0 20
Taiwanese 330 265 0 10
Tamil 14,880 12,895 5 260
Telugu 225 205 0 5
Thai 95 85 0 0
Tibetan languages 25 20 0 0
Tigrigna 55 50 0 0
Turkish 1,155 955 0 45
Ukrainian 565 490 0 15
Urdu 8,200 7,270 5 140
Vietnamese 3,980 3,080 10 100
Yiddish 60 55 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 11 695 560 0 30
Multiple responses 71,070 69,035 860 1,175
English and French 1,435 415 430 590
English and non-official language 68,220 68,085 140 0
French and non-official language 270 110 160 0
English, French and non-official language 1,150 430 135 585
Detailed other language spoken regularly at home - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 12 1,026,635 961,040 9,090 8,710
None 763,510 711,225 4,410 3,555
Single responses 258,360 245,865 4,400 4,645
English 111,710 104,260 1,590 4,195
French 7,410 5,195 2,100 90
Non-official languages 139,245 136,415 700 365
Selected Aboriginal languagesFootnote 13 45 45 0 0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0
Cree, n.o.s. 5 0 0 0
Dene 0 0 0 0
Innu/Montagnais 0 0 0 0
Inuktitut 0 0 0 0
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0
Ojibway 40 40 0 0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0
Stoney 0 0 0 0
Selected non-Aboriginal languagesFootnote 14 138,345 135,580 695 360
African languages, n.i.e. 40 35 5 0
Afrikaans 130 135 0 0
Akan (Twi) 220 220 0 0
Albanian 390 390 0 0
Amharic 95 95 0 0
Arabic 3,750 3,580 110 35
Armenian 1,025 1,005 10 5
Bantu languages, n.i.e. 35 35 5 0
Bengali 455 455 0 0
Berber languages (Kabyle) 0 0 0 0
Bisayan languages 90 90 0 0
Bosnian 45 45 0 0
Bulgarian 215 215 0 0
Burmese 55 55 0 0
Cantonese 14,675 14,425 15 15
Chinese, n.o.s. 8,985 8,865 10 10
Creoles 330 205 100 20
Croatian 500 495 5 0
Czech 180 175 0 0
Danish 120 115 0 0
Dutch 570 575 0 0
Estonian 175 175 0 0
Finnish 230 230 0 0
Flemish 15 10 0 0
Fukien 360 235 0 5
German 2,165 2,140 10 10
Greek 4,955 4,930 15 5
Gujarati 3,370 3,340 15 5
Hakka 420 385 5 5
Hebrew 4,125 3,950 70 30
Hindi 3,190 3,120 15 5
Hungarian 1,105 1,090 5 5
Ilocano 205 200 0 0
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 75 75 0 0
Italian 26,695 26,610 60 20
Japanese 525 510 0 0
Khmer (Cambodian) 335 325 0 0
Korean 2,185 2,180 5 0
Kurdish 135 130 0 5
Lao 275 265 5 0
Latvian 105 105 0 0
Lingala 15 5 5 0
Lithuanian 90 85 0 0
Macedonian 1,285 1,280 0 0
Malay 270 270 0 0
Malayalam 440 440 0 0
Maltese 145 145 0 0
Mandarin 5,060 4,595 10 5
Marathi 160 155 0 0
Nepali 25 20 0 0
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 295 280 15 0
Norwegian 35 35 0 0
Oromo 10 10 0 0
Panjabi (Punjabi) 3,125 3,070 0 5
Pashto 80 80 0 0
Persian (Farsi) 5,455 5,395 25 15
Polish 1,485 1,470 5 5
Portuguese 3,235 3,205 15 5
Romanian 1,750 1,710 10 15
Rundi (Kirundi) 10 0 10 0
Russian 6,565 6,470 15 50
Rwanda (Kinyarwanda) 5 0 0 0
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 525 500 0 0
Serbian 655 655 5 0
Serbo-Croatian 70 70 0 0
Shanghainese 105 70 0 5
Sign languages, n.i.e. 55 50 0 0
Sindhi 645 635 0 0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 440 435 0 0
Sino-Tibetan languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 35 35 0 0
Slovak 165 165 0 0
Slovenian 160 155 0 0
Somali 170 160 5 5
Spanish 5,530 5,380 95 20
Swahili 175 165 5 0
Swedish 85 80 0 5
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 4,775 4,765 0 5
Taiwanese 235 200 0 0
Tamil 4,715 4,710 5 5
Telugu 135 135 0 0
Thai 95 95 0 0
Tibetan languages 5 5 0 0
Tigrigna 50 50 0 0
Turkish 620 575 0 0
Ukrainian 585 525 5 10
Urdu 4,080 4,030 5 5
Vietnamese 1,740 1,595 5 5
Yiddish 395 390 0 0
Other languagesFootnote 15 855 790 15 5
Multiple responses 4,760 3,945 285 505
English and French 605 140 35 425
English and non-official language 1,990 1,810 95 50
French and non-official language 2,135 1,990 150 0
English, French and non-official language 35 10 0 20
First official language spoken - Total population excluding institutional residentsFootnote 16 1,026,635 961,040 9,090 8,705
English 961,035 961,035 0 0
French 9,090 0 9,090 0
English and French 8,710 0 0 8,705
Neither English nor French 47,800 0 0 0
Official language minority (number)Footnote 17 13,440 0 9,090 4,350
Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 18 1.3 0.0 100.0 50.0

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

Those classified in the category 'Neither English nor French' appear only in the 'Total' category in this table.

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Footnote 2

The median age is an age 'x', such that exactly one half of the population is older than 'x' and the other half is younger than 'x'.

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Footnote 3

Marital status
Part A - Short definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status.
Part B - Detailed definition
Refers to the marital status of the person, taking into account his/her common-law status. Persons who are married or living common law may be of opposite sex or of the same sex. The classification is as follows:
Married (and not separated): A person who is married and has not separated or obtained a divorce, and whose spouse is living.
Common-law: A person who is living with another person as a couple but who is not legally married to that person.
Separated: A person who is married but who no longer lives with his/her spouse (for any reason other than illness, work or school) and who has not obtained a divorce. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Divorced: A person who has obtained a legal divorce and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Widowed: A person who has lost his/her spouse through death and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.
Single (never legally married): A person who has never married or a person whose marriage has been annulled and who has not remarried. Persons living common law are not included in this category.

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Footnote 4

Total population excluding institutional residents. The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 5

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 8

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 9

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 10

Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 12

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 13

Selected Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Selected non-Aboriginal languages
The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

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Footnote 15

Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the 2011 Census Dictionary.

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Footnote 16

Total population excluding institutional residents
The population excluding institutional residents includes Canadian citizens (by birth or by naturalization) and landed immigrants (permanent residents) excluding those who live in institutions (institutional collective dwellings). Canadian citizens and landed immigrants either: (1) have a usual place of residence in Canada; (2) are abroad either on a military base or attached to a diplomatic mission; or (3) are at sea or in port aboard merchant vessels under Canadian registry or Canadian government vessels. Since 1991, the target population also includes persons with a usual place of residence in Canada who are claiming refugee status, who hold study permits, or who hold work permits, as well as family members living with them; for census purposes, this group is referred to as non-permanent residents. The population universe does not include foreign residents.

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Footnote 17

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 18

English is the first official language spoken by Quebec's official language minority, which consists of all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. French is the first official language spoken by the official language minority in the country overall and in every province and territory outside Quebec, which consists of all individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-314-XCB2011053.

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